Clifford Jordan: Complete Strata-East Sessions

Pharoah Sanders | Billy Hart | Roger Blank | Albert Heath | Billy Higgins | Julian Priester | Wilbur Ware | Wynton Kelly | Howard Johnson | Kenny Dorham

Despite working for Mingus and Max Roach among many others, Jordan never achieved the recognition he deserved for his tenor...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2014

Mraz & Viklicky: Duo Art Together Again

A pair of high level Czech jazz veterans reunited: the prolifi c bassist George Mraz and pianist Emil Vicklicky improvise...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

Ciyo Brown: Put a Little Jazz in Their Lives

This guitarist-vocalist hits on a poppy good-time vibe with his combo of Jamaican music and soul jazz including his reggae-style...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

Polar Bear: In Each and Every One

Mark Lockheart | Leafcutter John | Sebastian Rochford | Pete Wareham | Tom Herbert

Is it even worth mentioning that there's a lot here that doesn't sound anything like most people's idea of jazz?...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2014

Kühn & Kruglov Duo Art: Moscow

Alexey Kruglov | Joachim Kühn

Kühn, who is something of a closet saxophonist himself, seems to have found a part of his undiscovered self in...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2014

Colin Vallon Trio: Le Vent

Julian Sartorius | Patrice Moret | Colin Vallon

A restless stillness dominates this second ECM release from young Swiss pianist Colin Vallon's trio. (The first was Rruga in...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2014

Kikoski, Carpenter, Novak, Sheppard: From The Hip

Gary Novak | David Kikoski | Bob Sheppard | Dave Carpenter

The title says it all. This crack quartet may be known for their fusion associations, but here they play straight-ahead...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2014

Peter Edwards Trio: Safe and Sound

Moses Boyd | Peter Edwards | Max Luthert

Aside from being the unflappably fluid pianist behind rising young vocal star Zara McFarlane, the 31-year-old Trinity Laban alumni Peter...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

Anton Schwartz: Flash Mob

This tenor saxophonist releases his fi fth CD In a quintet including previously touted pianist Taylor Eigsti and mixes up...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

Colin Edwin and Lorenzo Feliciati: Twinscapes

Lorenzo Feliciati | Nils Petter Molvær | Nils Petter Molvaer | Andi Pupato | Roberto Gualdi | David Jackson | Colin Edwin

Rare Noise continues to populate that shadowy plain where prog meets jazz. In this case Porcupine Tree's Colin Edwin joins...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2014